Cordell Hull - Eastin

National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

Cumberland University - Lebanon, Tennessee
		Portrait #1480
Subject/Title:	Hull, Cordell
Artist:	Eastin
Date Created:	unknown
Owner/Location:	Cumberland University One Cumberland Square Lebanon, TN, 37087-3408 Web Contact: Cumberland University
Frame Dimensions:	69 x 49
Image Dimensions:	60 x 40
Materials/Media:	Oil on canvas
Date Documented:	25 June 2008
Condition:	Excellent

Description:	Near-full-length of subject standing behind a high-backed maroon leather chair with his folded hands reasting on the back of the chair. He wears a blue suit, with white shirt and pocket handkerchief and a dark blue tie. His silver-grey hair is parted on his left and his head is turned to look at the viewer. There are plaques to his right and above him and an American flag to his left.
History of Work:	On display in Cumberland University's Memorial Hall
Notes:	An 1891 graduate of the Cumberland University School of Law, Cordell Hull served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1933-1945. Hull is also known as “the father of the United Nations.”